Tibet
Subtitle: The Secret Continent
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780297825111
Subjects: Asia - Tibet; Tibet; Travel writing; History - General History
First sentence: SITUATED IN THE HEART of Asia, the Tibetan world covers the entire extent of the great Tibetan plateau, extending from the southern face of the Himalayas northwards to the Kuen Lung range that borders the Taklamakan Desert of Chinese Turkestan, and from east and west it ranges from the hills of Sichuan to the Hindu Kush.